Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1974. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 24.2%. This was the last local election to feature aldermen as well as councillors. Labour got all ten aldermen as well as 56 elected councillors. Election result |} Ward results Abbey Alleyn Bellenden Bricklayers Browning Brunswick Burgess Cathedral Chaucer College Consort Dockyard Faraday Friary Lyndhurst Newington Riverside Rotherhithe Ruskin Rye St Giles The Lane Waverley By-Elections References Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark 1974 London Borough council elections 20th century in the London Borough of Southwark